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"It was my daughter who died fighting the vultures. She had shown real courage and she should be given a bravery award posthumously," he said.

The victim's father was presented a cheque of Rs 20 lakh by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday, which the CM had announced after her death at a Singapore hospital.

Akhilesh initially had plans to visit the village on Saturday.

But as the family of the victim would be busy performing her last rites, the CM decided to advance his programme by a day.

The victim's father had earlier said he was not in a position to go anywhere to collect the cheque and those who wanted to help him should come to his house.

Akhilesh's helicopter landed at a temporary helipad constructed in a corner of the village, from where the CM went to their house.

After meeting the male members of the family, the chief minister also met the victim's mother.

Talking to newspersons about the gang rape, Akhilesh said, "It was a gruesome incident. She was her family's hope of a better future. I cannot compensate the family's loss. But the state government will try to extend all support to them."

Akhilesh said the police should be more vigilant to check such incidents and declared that his government was in the process of taking some very important decisions in this regard.

The CM also announced that a primary health centre (PHC) would soon be constructed in the village but denied it would be named after the victim, as demanded by her father.

"There is no provision under the law to name it after someone. But we have already allotted land for the PHC," Akhilesh said.